Clipping ofEnglish Pa njabiClassical Persian پنجابی ( pa njābī) .
pa
( international standards ) ISO 639-1 language code forPunjabi . Clipping ofpapa
pa (plural pas
( colloquial ) Father ,papa .Synonyms: da ( Irish ) ,dad daddy papa pater pappy pop poppy Coordinate term: ma ( colloquial ) Grandpa ,grandfather .Synonyms: grandpapa grandpappy grandpop grandpoppy pappy pop poppy big daddy ( dialectal ) Often capitalized when used to refer to a specific person; seePa . Hey, Pa, I'd like you to meet my friend Jamie.
Borrowed fromMaori pā
pa (plural pas
( New Zealand , now historical ) Maori settlement , especially of pre-European times.[from 19th c.] 2003 Michael King ,The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand , Penguin, published2023 , page71 :The very existence of fortifiedpā was often a sign that those who lived near such complexes sought to discourage attack and wanted to make conflictless likely, not more so.
2020 Sujit Sivasundaram ,Waves Across the South , William Collins, published2021 , page68 :Apa
( New Zealand ) village or settlement; akainga .[from 19th c.] FromDutch pa
pa (plural pa's
dad ,father FromProto-Albanian *apa Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ( “ off, away ” ) . Cognate toMessapic [script needed] ( apa ,“ from, out of, by ” ) ,[ 1] Ancient Greek ἀπό ( apó ,“ away, off ” ) ,Sanskrit अप ( apá ) .
pa (+ accusative )
without ,minus not counting ,even without counting [ 2]
pa
( before imperatives ) Pa më thuaj ―Tell me FromProto-Polynesian *fa Proto-Oceanic *pat Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat Proto-Austronesian *Səpat
pa
four IPA (key ) : /pa/ Syllabification:pa Rhymes:-a pa
for ,to ( expressing arecipient ) La zagala va crompar un regalo de nadalta yo. The girl bought a Christmas giftfor me. M'aganaría de fer un truco de machiapa vusaltros. I'd like to perform a magic trickfor you all. to ,in order to ,so ,for ( expressing theintended purpose of an action ) Estudio cada nueit sin descansarpa conseguir un treballo decent. I study every night tirelesslyso that I get a decent job. Saldré luegopa evitar el trafico. I am going to leave earlyto avoid traffic. by ,due ,due on ,due by ( expressing adeadline ) Necesito la tuya decisiónpa esta semana. I need your decisionby this week. Es vuestros treballos grupals sonta'l viernes. Your group projects aredue on Friday. for ( expressingcontrast from what is expected ) Pa estar un turista estadounidense, él ye prou respetuoso.For an American tourist, he is pretty respectful.for ,to ,in one's opinion ,as far as one isconcerned ( expressing anopinion ,perception orperspective ) Pa yo, las rosas bllancas son més bonicas que las royas.For me, the white roses are more beautiful than the red ones.Pa'l mio germano, la suya muller tien tota la razón.As far as my brotheris concerned , his wife is totally in the right.Vam treballarpa la mesma empresa encara que no al mesmo tiempo. We workedfor the same company but not at the same time. Ella treballópa Microsoft muitos anyos, pero agora treballapa Apple. She workedfor Microsoft for many years, but now she worksfor Apple. pa
liver Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch,Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 411 CompareSpanish pa para
pa
for The prepositionpa contracts top' before a word beginning witha- orha- :p'Asturies (for Asturias),p'haber (for to have) pa
sun Curnow, T. J. (1997).A grammar of Awa Pit (Cuaiquer): An indigenous language of south-western Colombia . The Australian National University. pa inan
kiss pa
small pa
when ,if Inherited fromOld Catalan pa pan Latin pānis Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- ( “ to graze, feed ” ) .
pa m plural pans
bread “pa ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “pa ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “pa” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“pa” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.pá (Badlit spelling ᜉ
( after an adjective ) marks that something is/was still the case when eventually it wouldn't be so ; isstill Antonym: na katong putipa ang balay when the housewas still colored white bag-opa ni nga teknolohiya this technologyis still brand new ( after verb in the inchoative[ 1] ) indicates that the action is still ongoing ;still ( imperfect aspect ) Synonym: gihapon ni adtopa siyahe isstill (in the process of) going ( + negator "wala " ) indicates that an action has not yet happened ;yet walapa siyani kaon ―he has notyet eaten ( after verb in the prospective aspect ) indicates obligation or requirement to do the action ;still have to mo adtopa siyahestill has to go ( + negator "dili " ) indicates that an action will not be performed soon, but much later ;will not ...for now dilipa siyamo inom ―he wouldn't drink (alcohol)for now ( after an adjective, usually withmas ) used in expressing the comparative degree of adjectives ;more ,-er Murag (mas) taaspa ang punuan sa balay. ―The tree looks taller than the house. Mas gikapoypa ka nako. ―You are more tired than me. pa (Badlit spelling ᜉ
( after pronouns or names ) indicates continuation in the performance of a task by the person as mentioned Antonym: na ikawpa ―it's still your turn si Tonyopa ―it's still Tonyo's turn ^ encompasses thecomplete andprogressive aspects: themi- ,nag- ,gi- form FromProto-Vietic *paː Vietnamese ba
pa
three pā
( transitive ) dye Andrews, J. Richard (2003 ),Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl , revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page244 Karttunen, Frances (1983 ),An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl , Austin: University of Texas Press, page182 pa
head pa m plural pa's diminutive paatje n
pa dad → Papiamentu:pachi ( from the diminutive ) pa
pah FromOld Galician-Portuguese pera
IPA (key ) : /pa/ Rhymes:-a Syllabification:pa pa
to ( indicates application of an adjective ) 2000 Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala , Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 3: Radós:A radón mais grandipa defendela é que é nossa LENGUA MATERNA, a “primeira lengua que un indivíduu aprendi de maneira ínnconscienti duranti a sua infancia” i en ela han aprindiu a idel as primeiras palabras[ …] The greatest reasonto defend it is that it is our NATIVE LANGUAGE, the “first language that an individual learns in an unconscious manner during his infancy” and in it learned how to say his first words [ …] for ( directed at, intended to belong to or to be appropriate for ) 2000 Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala , Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 4: ¿Guerras, moas?:Encontramus opinióspa tos os gustus. We found opinionsfor every taste. to ,towards ( indicates destination ) 2000 Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala , Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme IX, Chapter 4: ¿Fala transerrana?:I nos, inda hoxii, con autonomía i tó siguimus idendu: “Vopa Castilla”,[ …] And to this day we, with autonomy and everything, keep on saying: “I’ll goto Castille”, [ …] Valeš, Miroslav (2021 ),Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web) [1] 2022 ,→ISBN 215 FromOld Galician-Portuguese paa Latin pāla ( “ shovel, spade ” ) .
pa f plural pas
shovel ;spade ( tool for digging and moving material ) windmill blade the end of apaddle oroar with theblade ( anatomy , zootomy ) incisor Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “paa ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “paa ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “pa ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “pa ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “pa ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
pa
father Fromopa ( “ end, totality, complete ” ) .
pa
( cardinal number ) ten pá ( Nigeria )
towards Cognates includeSaxwe Gbe kpà Adja kpa Fon kpà
pà ( Nigeria )
tocut , specificallyhair Cognates includeSaxwe Gbe kpà Adja kpa Fon kpà
pà ( Nigeria )
topraise FromFrench pas
pa
not Double negatives (e.g.pa ...janm orpa ...anyen ) are grammatically correct in Haitian Creole. pa
tofinish , (be brought to an)end Alexandre François,Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu) (2010), inClause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (edited by Isabelle Bril) For pronunciation and definitions of pa – see吧 This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of 吧
pa
Thehiragana syllableぱ ( pa ) or thekatakana syllableパ ( pa ) inHepburn romanization. FromPortuguese para
pa
for to IPA (key ) : /ˈpa/ [ˈpä] Hyphenation:pa Inherited fromProto-Austronesian *pa ( “ still, yet, til now, first (before doing something else) ” ) . Cognate withCebuano pa Tagalog pa Malagasy fa ( “ for, but, therefore, because, that ” ) .
pa
yet Synonyms: na pamu Alinepa sinindi ing titinun na. S/he hasn't turned the rice cooker onyet . still ;eventually ;in the future Synonyms: yaparin itaparin Makabuklat yapa ing pasbul, ot alime isara? The door isstill open, why don't you close it? in addition ,too Synonyms: pati rin Ampopa pala asin. Oh, andalso salt. in the past ;before ;even Synonyms: pati rin mo man Makanita yapaman . It's like thateven before . pa
if ;when Synonyms: nung patie anyang paman naman Muranpa , tuknangan ing lakad. When it rains, we will suspend our trip.Kapalaranpang manyabi. If only fate tells me.more Synonyms: mas lalu misan pa metung pa Mabiasa kapa at jandakapang pera. Themore you learned, themore I'll give you money. because ;for a while ;in a while Synonyms: kasi uling kaya pangasaguli pamu Mumuranpa anya tuknang tanapa . Let's stopfor a while because it'sstill raining. might as well ;would rather Synonyms: mayapa simap nang Kaburian kupang mate. Imight as well die. Pilian kupang mate. I'd rather choose to be dead. CompareTagalog pa
pa
( informal , familiar , childish ) clipping ofpapa Synonyms: papa iba tatang tang tata ta Coordinate term: ma pa
in at on to into toward from during pa
arrow FromProto-Balto-Slavic *pa Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Lithuanian pa- Old Prussian pa- po- Proto-Slavic *po
pa (with accusative or dative )
on along ietpa ceļu ―to walkalong the road to in through during pa naktīmduring nightby pa pastuby postover pa radioover the radiopa (dual panai plural paliu
he ,she Borrowed fromLatvian pa
pa
by ( indicates a steady progression ) 2012–2013 pa ”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors,Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary [2] ( proscribed ) too ( proscribed ) Emphasis for the following instrumental form [with instrumental Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013 ), “pa ”, inLīvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary [3] Inherited fromFrench pas ( “ step, pace, footstep; not ” ) . For semantic evolution fromstep tonot , see etymology section at Frenchpas
pa
(a)step , (a)pace , (a)footstep 1998 Dictionary of Louisiana Creole , page345 :Li fe so premyepa yèr. [Li fé sô prémyépa yèr. ]He took his firststep yesterday. pa
Most common adverb of negation in Louisiana Creole, typically translating into English asnot ,don't ,doesn't , etc. Çépa jist. ―It'snot fair. Topa ka trouvé mô shyin? ―You can't find my dog? 1998 Dictionary of Louisiana Creole , page345 :Piti-ye astè-la kwapa dan fifole-ye. [Piti-yé astè-la kwapa dan fifolé-yé.] Children todaydon't believe in will-o'-the-wisps. (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium . Particularly: “Probably inherited from French "papa" or similar.”) CompareLouisiana Creole Pa ( “ Brer ” )
pa
(a)father , (a)dad Synonyms: pær pap papa papi pè pèr popa 1998 Dictionary of Louisiana Creole , page345 :Mopa sète en FARMER[sic . [Môpa sèté in farmer.] Myfather was a farmer. pa
togive FromPortuguese para pra Kabuverdianu Papiamentu pa
pa
to Iou muto querêpa vôs ―I love you very much (literally, “I very much loveto you ”)metê limampa tirâ amiz ―add lemonto remove the unpleasant flavour for águpa banhâ ―bathwater (literally, “waterfor bathing ”)sôpa iou ―onlyfor me passâ ioupa mentiroso ―to take mefor a liar towards ,into dâ ung'a tricadapa águ ―to jumpinto the water pa
nonstandard spelling ofpā nonstandard spelling ofpá nonstandard spelling ofpà Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.pa
alternative form ofpo FromProto-Kuki-Chin *paa Proto-Sino-Tibetan *paʔ
pa
father ,stepfather uncle FromProto-Kuki-Chin *paa Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pa ( “ male ” ) .
pa
male pa
toweave FromProto-Numic *pa Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa
pa
water FromProto-Vietic *paː Vietnamese ba
pa
three FromProto-Vietic *paː Vietnamese ba
pa
three pa
not ( indicates negation ) From theProto-Indo-European *upo- ( “ under, up ” ) .
pa
under pa
under pa
Lamy spelling ofpá FromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat Proto-Austronesian *Səpat
pa
four FromPortuguese para Spanish para Kabuverdianu pa
pa
to for by Onomatopoeic .
pa
( familiar ) bye pa inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANpa in Polish dictionaries at PWNInherited fromProto-Austronesian *pa ( “ still, yet, til now, first (before doing something else) ” ) . Cognate withTagalog pa ( “ yet ” ) ,Mongondow -pa ( “ still ” ) .
pa
still ;Notiyuhpa siya. ―He'sstill sleeping. more yet ( with a negative ) first J. W. Lobel (December2015 ), “Ponosakan: A Dying Language of Northeastern Sulawesi ”, inOceanic Linguistics , volume54 , number 2, University of Hawai'i Press,pages396–435
Syncopic form ofpara
pa
( colloquial ) syncopic form ofpara Contraction ofpara a
pa
( colloquial ) feminine singular ofpo nonstandard form ofpra Borrowed fromHungarian pá
pa
bye Synonym: la revedere pa
alternative spelling ofpa' Common South Slavic; compareSlovene pa Bulgarian па ( pa ) . See alsopa-
pa (Cyrillic spelling па
(and)then Synonym: ȍndā prvo ću skočiti ja,pa ti ―I'll jump first, (and) then you učenjepa odmorpa zabava ―learning, then rest, then fun (and)so ,therefore Synonym: stȍgā Potrošio sam sav novac,pa sam se morao vratiti kući. ―I've spent all of my money, so I had to go back home. (withda màkar even if ,even though ,although (withȉpāk yet ,still bogat je,pa ipak usamljen ―he's rich, but still lonely (withda i even if pa (Cyrillic spelling па
so ,so what Pa ?So what? ( for emphasis ) well ,so Pa dobro!All right, then! Pa što je s tobom?What's with you? Pa i ne bašWell, not exactly Pa što onda?So what? ( regional , for emphasis) even Pa i moja baba već zna da to nije istina!Even my grandma knows that that is not true! FromProto-Bantu *-páa
-pá (infinitive kupá
togive pa
water Móenòeng pe tue e tuepa . There are crocodiles in the water. Donohue, Mark.Rópu we te máwo pílang te: Skou dictionary draft. s.l. 80pp. (2002). Inherited fromSerbo-Croatian pa
pa
well ,so 2010 La guerre à Acquaviva :Alorapa , ka biša gvera, ka pa je rivala kurta nasa ova gvera, mi, tuna žene aš ljuda, te ljuda veča… ka bihu veča zdrave – nò? mahu sa po hranit. Well then , during the war, when this war came close to us, we, all the women and men, the men (who were) more… who were healthier – you know? had to hide themselves.Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013.Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010:Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones . Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication). pa
and Jaz pa ti. ―Me and you. but Je dober, ne pa najbolši. ―He is good but not the best. so Zaspal je, pa je zamudil šolo. ―He overslept, so he was late for school. IPA (key ) : /ˈpa/ [ˈpa] Rhymes:-a Syllabification:pa pa m plural pas
( Latin America ) clipping ofpapá dad ;pop ;papa pa
alternative form ofpa' Among the places this form is used is southern Arizona, per Anita Calneh Post,Southern Arizona Spanish phonology (1934), page 36: "The commonest loss of intervocalic r in southern Arizona is in para, which is always pa ..." pa
romanization of𒉺 ( pa ) Inherited fromProto-Bantu *-páa
-pa (no plain infinitive )
togive to (someone)Nimewapa kitabu. ―I havegiven them a book. Nijawapa kitabu. ―I have not yetgiven them a book. Conjugation of-pa (obligatory object concord) Subjunctive -pe Negative -pi
Object concord Indicative positive Singular Plural 1st person -ni -tu 2nd person -ku -wa ku wa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -m -wa other classes — Reflexive -ji Subjunctive Singular Plural 1st person -ni -tu 2nd person -ku -wa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -m -wa other classes — Reflexive -ji Indicative negative Singular Plural 1st person -ni -tu 2nd person -ku -wa 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -m -wa other classes — Reflexive -ji
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
pa
pa class(XVI) inflected form of-a Inherited fromProto-Austronesian *pa ( “ still, yet, til now, first (before doing something else) ” ) . Cognate withCebuano pa ( “ id ” ) ,Malagasy fa ( “ for, but, therefore, because, that ” ) .
pa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ
yet Hindipa niya binuhay ang sinaing. He hasn't turned the rice cooker onyet . still ;eventually ;in the future Buhaypa ang bintilador; bakit hindi mo 'to pinatay? The fan isstill on; why didn't you turn it off? in addition ,too in the past even Influenced by Baybayin characterᜉ ( pa ) .
pa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ
the name of theLatin-script letterP p Abakada alphabet Synonyms: ( in the Filipino alphabet ) pi ( in the Abecedario ) pe pa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ ( informal , familiar , childish )
clipping ofpapa Synonyms: papa ama tatay itay tay tatang Coordinate term: ma “pa ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 . FromProto-Vietic *paː Vietnamese ba Muong pa
pa
three FromProto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷak
pa
pig Jackson T. S. Sun,Typology of Generic-Person Making in Tshobdun Rgyalrong (2014) Inherited fromProto-Algonquian *pye·wa anim ( “ to be coming ” ) .
pa (VAI (animate -subjectintransitive ) ,inanimate equivalent pèyu
tocome ; to becoming present indicative conjugation of pa pa 1st person singular mpa 2nd person singular kpa 3rd person singular pè 1st person plural inclusive mpahëna 1st person plural exclusive kpahëna 2nd person plural kpahëmo 3rd person plural peyòk indefinite subject [Term?] obviative pèlu
present independent negative conjugation of pa pa 1st person singular mpai 2nd person singular kpai 3rd person singular pèi 1st person plural inclusive mpahùmëna 1st person plural exclusive këpahùmëna 2nd person plural këpahùmo 3rd person plural peíòk indefinite subject pawën obviative pèlii
Plain conjunct conjugation of pa pa 1st person singular paan /paa 2nd person singular paàn 3rd person singular pat 1st person plural inclusive paànkw 1st person plural exclusive paènk 2nd person plural paèkw 3rd person plural pahtit indefinite subject pank obviative palit
present subjunctive conjugation of pa pa 1st person singular paane 2nd person singular paàne 3rd person singular pate 1st person plural inclusive paànkwe 1st person plural exclusive paènke 2nd person plural paèkwe 3rd person plural pahtite indefinite subject panke obviative palite
subordinative conjugation of pa pa 1st person singular mpan 2nd person singular kpan 3rd person singular pòn 1st person plural inclusive mpanèn 1st person plural exclusive kpanèn 2nd person plural kpaneyo 3rd person plural pòneyo indefinite subject pan obviative pòlin
Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005 ), “pè ”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors,The Lenape Talking Dictionary , The Lenape Language Preservation Project pa m plural pas
father FromProto-Celtic *kʷid Proto-Indo-European *kʷid *kʷís Latin quid Old Irish cid Irish cad Cornish py pe
pa
( interrogative, archaic ) what pa
which Synonym: pwy The usage ofpa as an interrogative has been rendered obsolete by the modern wordbeth pa beth ( literally“ what thing ” ) . pa pwy pa
( transitive , withta- ) request ,ask for tapa ampong te ni ―Iask youfor forgiveness pa
alternative form ofpapa ( “ female ” ) Clemens Voorhoeve (1982 ),The Makian languages and their neighbours [4] James Collins (1982 ),Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary [5] pa
friend Erika Sandman (2016 ),A Grammar of Wutun [6] →ISBN pa
apheretic form ofapaa 1867 GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page60 :Pa ooree;Pa cawl.Upon each other;Upon the horse.1867 GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page69 :1867 GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page78 :A wuf ispa varreen. The gad ison the headland. Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page60 Proposed to be derived fromProto-Yoruboid *kpa Doublet ofkú
pa
( transitive ) kill Ẹ fẹ́pa mí ni!? You want tokill me!? ( transitive ) murder Ópa ìyàwó ẹ̀. Hemurdered his wife. ( transitive ) execute ( transitive ) switch off , toturn off Má gbàgbé láti máapa tẹlifíṣọ̀n. Don't forget toturn off the television. ( transitive ) extinguish A dúpẹ́ pé wọ́npa iná kó tó jó odindi ilé tán pátá. Thankfully the fire wasextinguished before it burnt the whole house down. ( transitive ) stop , toterminate Wọ́npa ìlù. Theystopped the drumming. ( transitive ) pain , tokill Yéè! Ẹsẹ̀ yìí fẹ́pa mí o! Ouch! My feet arekilling me! ( transitive ) disturb Ebi ńpa mí. Hunger isdisturbing me. (I am hungry) ( transitive ) intoxicate Ọtí ńpa wọ́n. Alchohol isintoxicating them. (They are drunk) ( transitive ) open , tosmash open, tothresh Ẹ bá mipa obì yìí. Help meopen this kola nut. Ópa ọkà. Hethreshed the corn. ( transitive ) hatch Adìyẹ mi tipa ọmọ My hen'shatched chicks pa
( transitive ) tell , toconvey Irọ́ l'o ńpa o! ―You'retelling a lie! pariwo ( “ to make noise ” ) parọ́ ( “ to tell a lie ” ) pidán ( “ to practice magic ” ) pọfọ̀ ( “ to recite an incantation ” ) pàlọ́ ( “ to tell a riddle, to tell a folk story ” ) pàrokò ( “ to convey an aroko ” ) pàrọwà ( “ to entreat ” ) pàṣẹ ( “ to command ” ) pète ( “ to scheme ” ) pìtàn ( “ to tell a story, to narrate history ” ) pògèdè ( “ to recite an incantation ” ) pòṣé ( “ to kiss teeth ” ) pòwe ( “ to tell a proverb ” ) Compare withIgbo kpa
pa
( transitive ) rub Mo máa ń fi òrípa ọwọ́ mi ―I use shea butter tomoisturize my hands ( transitive ) scorch , todrench , tobeat usually in relation to weatherÒjò ńpa mí. ―Rain isdrenching me. Òjò ńpa òrùlé. ―The rain isbeating the roof. Oòrùn ńpa mí. ―The sun isbeating me. pa
togain , tomake toearn ( money ) Wọn kì ípa owó látinú iṣẹ́ yìí. ―They don'tmake money from doing such work. Ọbẹ̀ tó dùn, owó lópa á ―A delicious stew; money is whatearnt it pa
to be in astate , defined by a following adverbÒkunpa rọ́rọ́. ―The seais calm. pa
to betight Mo dè épa ―I screwed ittight pá
to bebald Ópá lórí. ―He's bald on the head. (He is bald) FromProto-Indo-European *pṓds ( “ foot ” ) , cognates includeSanskrit पद् ( pád ) ,Latin pes French pied German Fuß English foot
pa
( anatomy ) leg ,foot FromProto-Kuki-Chin *paa Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pa Chinese 爸 ( bà ) andTibetan པ་ཕ ( pa pha ) .
pá
father grandfather Perhaps related to Etymology 1.
pa
cousin Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 ),A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page60 
